13.60 GB instead of 16 GB

[ras119]

I just noticed today when I plugged in my iPhone to sync it, it told me that the capacity of my phone was only 13.60 GB instead of 16 😕. I am just wondering why 2.4 GB is already taken up. Sorry if this has already been asked.

 

[robots3humans0]

There is space taken up by formatting of the flash memory, and then the installation of the OS. My 32GB iP4 has 28.8 GB.

 

[Intell]

Some goes to the formatting and some is used by iOS.

 

[ras119]

Ok thanks a lot, that's what I thought it was but I was just checking.

 

[saberahul]

Ok thanks a lot, that's what I thought it was but I was just checking.

This is the case in every device FYI. When you buy a 500GB HDD, its never exactly 500 (unless its more like 530GB which is being advertised as 500).